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for what if some betrayed their trust? shall their unfaithfulness render

not at all: for then how could God judge the world?

"how then are we better than they?" why, not at all: for we have already convicted both Jews and Gentiles, of being all under the guilt of sin.

for by the observation of the law no one shall be justified in his sight, since it is the law that takes cognizance of sin.

that divine justification, which by faith in Jesus Christ is extended to all, that believe; for there is no distinction:

for all having sinned, all have forfeited eternal glory:

whom God had ordained, thro' faith, to be the propitiatory victim by his blood, for the manifestation of his goodness, by patiently passing over their past transgressions: to manifest,

what reason then is there for boasting? it is excluded. what, by the ceremonial law? no: but by the law of faith.

for we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without observing the legal rites.

for if Abraham was justified by works, he had matter of pretension, whereas he had no such claim from God.

for what saith the scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

Is this happiness then for the circumcised only, or for the uncircumcised also? for we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

and he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the justification by that faith, which the uncircumcised have: that he might be the father of all those who believe, tho' they are uncircumcised, that it might be accounted to them also for righteousness:

for if they only who are of the law have right of possession, faith is made useless, and the promise becomes of no effect.

because the effect of the law is punishment: for if there had been no law, there could have been no transgression.

and therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.

now this saying, "that it was accounted to him," was not written for his sake alone,

but for us also, to whom it shall be accounted, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

for at the appointed time Christ died for us, when we were in a helpless, sinful state.